S 11
111th Congress
Senate
Health
Child health
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Inflation and prices
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
A bill to restore the application of the 340B drug discount program to orphan drugs with respect to children's hospitals.
Introduced: September 28, 2010
See on congress.gov
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 28, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7621)
Sep 28, 2010
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7620-7621, S7621)
Sep 28, 2010
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Public Health Service Act to consider certain drugs designated for a rare disease or condition as covered outpatient drugs for children's hospitals under the 340B drug discount program (a program limiting the cost of covered outpatient drugs to certain federal grantees).
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7621)
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1